Fresh
[freʃ] or [frɛʃ]
Definition
(adj.) improperly forward or bold; 'don't be fresh with me'; 'impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup'; 'an impudent boy given to insulting strangers'; 'Don't get wise with me!' .
(adj.) not yet used or soiled; 'a fresh shirt'; 'a fresh sheet of paper'; 'an unused envelope' .
(adj.) recently made, produced, or harvested; 'fresh bread'; 'a fresh scent'; 'fresh lettuce' .
(adj.) not canned or otherwise preserved; 'fresh vegetables' .
(adj.) not containing or composed of salt water; 'fresh water' .
(adj.) (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; 'a fresh start'; 'fresh ideas' .
(adj.) original and of a kind not seen before; 'the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem' .
(adj.) not soured or preserved; 'sweet milk' .
(adj.) with restored energy .
(adj.) having recently calved and therefore able to give milk; 'the cow is fresh' .
Edited by Barbie--From WordNet
Definition
(superl) Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.
(superl) New; original; additional.
(superl) Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.
(superl) Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs.
(superl) In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.
(superl) Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.
(superl) Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted.
(n.) A stream or spring of fresh water.
(n.) A flood; a freshet.
(n.) The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
(v. t.) To refresh; to freshen.
Inputed by Inez
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Now, recent.[2]. Blooming, nourishing, unfaded.[3]. Good, sweet, of recent growth, in a good state, not stale.[4]. Florid, healthy, well, hearty, vigorous, hardy, strong.[5]. Vivid, lively, not dulled, not impaired.[6]. Just received, just arrived.[7]. Not salt, without salt.[8]. Pure and cool.[9]. Brisk, strong, forcible.[10]. Raw, uncultivated, unpractised, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced.
Checker: Mattie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:New, young, vigorous, cool, recent, renewed, unimpaired, untarnished, unfaded,blooming, ruddy, novel, untried, modern, unskilled
ANT:Old, stale, jaded, weary, former, stagnant, ordinary, original, impaired,tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, mouldy, musty, fusty
Typist: Waldo
Definition
adj. in a state of activity and health: new and strong not stale or faded: recently produced or obtained: untried: having renewed vigour: healthy refreshing invigorating: brisk: (slang) tipsy: not salt.—n. (Shak.) a small stream of fresh water: (Scot.) a thaw open weather.—adj. Fresh′-blown newly blown as a flower.—v.t. Fresh′en to make fresh: to take the saltness from.—v.i. to grow fresh: to grow brisk or strong.—ns. Fresh′ener; Fresh′et a pool or stream of fresh water: the sudden overflow of a river from rain or melted snow.—adj. Fresh′ish.—adv. Fresh′ly.—ns. Fresh′man one in the rudiments of knowledge esp. a university student in his first year—also Fresh′er; Fresh′manship Fresh′erdom.—adj. Fresh′-new (Shak.) unpractised wholly unacquainted; Fresh′wa′ter of or pertaining to water not salt: accustomed to sail only on fresh water—hence unskilled raw.
Checked by Herman
Examples
- You will let me know any fresh development, Miss Smith. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some two hours after the tapping is done the flow entirely ceases and the tree must be tapped anew to secure a fresh flow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Lily received this with fresh appreciation; his nonsense was like the bubbling of her inner mood. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He could see a trail through the grass where horses had been led to the stream to drink and there was the fresh manure of several horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Have the goodness to give me a little glass of old cognac, and a mouthful of cool fresh water, madame. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She said she would go, and take me with her, for the quiet and the fresh air. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the electric shop, motor-driven blowers carry fumes and dust away from the worker and bring fresh air in. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from a grave, soon quieted the child. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Are you any fresher now, or do you want the iron candlestick to wake you thoroughly? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- On the contrary, I thought he seemed the fresher for it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I am very much fresher than I was when I went away. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And then he left the hot reeking room in the borough court, and went out into the fresher, but still sultry street. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Pip, said he, we won't talk about 'poor dreams;' you know more about such things than I, having much fresher experience of that kind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is hoped he will recover in the fresher air. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When my guardian appeared he said, Why, little woman, you look fresher than your flowers! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Cooler and fresher at the moment the gale seemed to visit my brow: I could have deemed that in some wild, lone scene, I and Jane were meeting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Perhaps an attitude can be worked out which will engage a fresher attention. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The daisy of the field, at sunrise, is not fresher than you are. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It smells of the freshest, purest fragrance, after the smokiness of Harley Street. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- When he was freshest and truest, he loved me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Now, Mother, did you really think I could be so silly and selfish, after I'd refused his love, when it was freshest, if not best? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Many and many an hour I sit thus; but, of all those times, three times come the freshest on my mind. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I should not like to try the experiment; for, in truth, mamma, you are the most unfading of evergreens and the freshest of matrons. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Omar